GRAVE UPHEAVAL/MANTICORE split-MLP

GRAVE UPHEAVAL (AUS) / MANTICORE (US) split-MLP (Nuclear War Now!)15€

Another excellent death metal split-12″ from Nuclear War Now! I was already familiar with Grave Upheaval before this record. Featuring 2 members of godly outfits Portal & Impetuous Ritual, they they play immersive darkened death metal. They also have some ritualistic doom parts which reminded me of early Unearthly Trance…

I wasn’t previously familiar with Manticore, but they’re definitely a worthy outfit to match G.U. with. Their biggest influence sounds to be Autopsy, and they totally shred.